Waishengren

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Waishengren (pinyin: wàishěngrén; Tâi-lô: guā-síng-lâng; Chinese: 外省人; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goā-séng-lâng; lit. 'People of other provinces'), sometimes called mainlanders, are a group of migrants who arrived in Taiwan from mainland China between the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II in 1945, and Kuomintang retreat and the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949. They came from various regions of mainland China and spanned multiple social classes. The term is often seen in contrast with benshengren (Chinese: 本省人; pinyin: bénshěngrén; Tâi-lô: pún-síng-lâng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-séng-lâng), which refers to Hoklo and Hakka people in Taiwan who arrived prior to 1945 who had lived under Japanese rule. The term excludes other ethnic Chinese immigrants (e.g. from Malaysia or Hong Kong) and later immigrants from mainland China.